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Definizione monolingua


penny


Verb

penny (third-person singular simple present pennies, present participle pennying, simple past and past participle pennied)


  1. (slang) To jam a door shut by inserting pennies between the doorframe and the door.
    Zach and Ben had only been at college for a week when their door was pennied by the girls down the hall.
  2. (electronics) To circumvent the tripping of an electrical circuit breaker by the dangerous practice of inserting a coin in place of a fuse in a fuse socket.
Noun

penny (plural pennies when referring to individual coins; (UK) pence when referring to an amount of money)


  1. (historical) In the United Kingdom and Ireland, a copper coin worth 1/240 of a pound sterling or Irish pound before decimalisation. Abbreviation: d.
  2. In the United Kingdom, a copper coin worth 1/100 of a pound sterling.
  3. (historical) In Ireland, a coin worth 1/100 of an Irish pound before the introduction of the euro. Abbreviation: p.
  4. In the US and Canada, a one-cent coin, worth 1/100 of a dollar. Abbreviation: ¢.
  5. In various countries, a small denomination copper or brass coin.
  6. A unit of nail size, said to be either the cost per 100 nails, or the number of nails per penny. Abbreviation: d.

Definizione dizionario penny


centesimo
denaro
penny

Altri significati:
  1/100 of a pound sterling or Irish pound
  A unit of nail size, said to be either the cost per 100 nails, or the number of nails per penny. Abbreviation: d.
  (historical) In Ireland, a coin worth 1/100 of an Irish pound before the introduction of the euro. Abbreviation: p.
  (slang) To jam a door shut by inserting pennies between the doorframe and the door.
  In various countries, a small denomination copper or brass coin.
  In the United Kingdom, a copper coin worth 1/100 of a pound sterling.
  (historical) In the United Kingdom and Ireland, a copper coin worth 1/240 of a pound sterling or Irish pound before decimalisation. Abbreviation: d.
  1/240 of a pound sterling or Irish pound
  In the US and Canada, a one-cent coin, worth 1/100 of a dollar. Abbreviation: ¢.
  (electronics) To circumvent the tripping of an electrical circuit breaker by the dangerous practice of inserting a coin in place of a fuse in a fuse socket.

Traduzione penny


centesimo ,denaro ,penny

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